diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/bonnie/bonnie++_1.03e.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/bonnie/bonnie++_1.03e.bb
index f8a23d73b0..2c1217e347 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/bonnie/bonnie++_1.03e.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/bonnie/bonnie++_1.03e.bb
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ PACKAGES =+ "bonnie-scripts"
 
 FILES_${PN} = "${sbindir}"
 FILES_bonnie-scripts = "${bindir}"
+
+RDEPENDS_bonnie-scripts += "perl"